Italy

Italy

EU could impose billions in fines on Italy for breaching debt burden

The European Commission has recommended starting disciplinary procedures against Italy after it broke the EU’s debt rules last year and is likely to do so in 2019 and 2020.

05/06/2019

Italy

How is Matera proving it is the European Capital of Culture?

In partnership with Matera 2019

The southern Italian city of Matera was appointed the European Capital of Culture 2019 and since then it has greatly boosted the number of cultural projects it puts on. Find out more in this episode of Go! Matera.

05/06/2019

Italy

Italy faces disciplinary action as Brussels and Rome at odds over debt

Rome and Brussels remain at odds over Italy's economic prospects and high debt levels, with the EC recommending disciplinary procedures against Italy

05/06/2019

Italy

Watch: Cliff Diving World Series makes Italian stop on world tour

Beginning in April in the Philippines and with stops in Portugal, Lebanon and Bosnia and Herzegovina to come, the competition will end in Bilbao in September.

04/06/2019

World

Giuseppe Conte threatens to go if Italian coalition can't work together

Work it out, or I'm out: that's the message from Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to the Italian governing coalition of the League Party and the Five Star movement.

04/06/2019

Italy

Italy PM threatens to quit, tells warring coalition to end feud

Italy PM threatens to quit, tells warring coalition to end feud

03/06/2019

Italy

Watch: extraordinary hailstorm hits Puglia, in southern Italy

It looks like winter, but it's early June: an exceptional hailstorm sees the streets Puglia, in Southern Italy, covered in several centimetres of ice

03/06/2019

Next Series

I-React is an app that could save lives during natural disasters

In partnership with The European Commission

With an increase in danger from natural disasters over the last decade - and indications that this will only get worse - a team of developers have created an app that gathers huge amounts of data in emergency situations.

03/06/2019

Italy

Venice cruise boat crash revives calls to ban big ships

Venetians have been arguing for years about the pros and cons of allowing massive cruise ship in the city's channels. Now, a crash that harmed 5 people is reigniting the debate.

03/06/2019

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Cruise ship collides with Venice tourist boat, injuring four people

A towering, out-of-control cruise ship rammed into a dock and a tourist riverboat on a busy Venice canal on Sunday morning

02/06/2019

Italy

At least 5 injured after cruise ship hits tour boat and dock in Venice

The MSC Opera rammed into a dock and a tourist boat on a busy Venice canal, reportedly injuring five people.

02/06/2019

Italy

Italy vs Switzerland: Who sends home more irregular migrants?

Far-right Lega Nord leader Matteo Salvini promised to “fill planes and send immigrants home” but the number of repatriations as actually fallen.

31/05/2019

Italy

Watch: Sicily's Mount Etna bursts into life

Europe's highest and most active volcano burst into life at 3am (CET).

31/05/2019

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Spectacular eruptions from Mount Etna light up night sky

Italy's Mount Etna lit up the night sky with bursts of sweltering hot lava on Friday (May 31) as the Sicilian volcano lurched into activity.

31/05/2019

Italy

Italy's 5-Star leader and deputy PM Luigi Di Maio wins confidence vote

Supporters of Italy's 5-Star Movement took part in a confidence vote over the leadership of Luigi Di Maio, after a bruising defeat in the European elections.

30/05/2019

Italy

5-Star Movement leader Luigi Di Maio easily wins party confidence vote

Supporters of Italy's 5-Star Movement have resoundingly backed its leader Luigi Di Maio to carry on following a bruising defeat in European elections

30/05/2019

Economy

Salvini calls for EU to scrap fiscal rules after election triumph

Salvini, the country's deputy prime minister, said the EU's fiscal rules had failed and that they should be rewritten to focus on cutting unemployment.

29/05/2019

Italy

Italy's 5-Star Movement leader Luigi Di Maio seeks confidence vote

Luigi Di Maio, the leader of Italy's 5-Star Movement, is seeking a confidence vote on his party's online platform after a poor result in Euro elections

29/05/2019

World

What does it feel like to go to space?

On July 20, Luca Parmitano is scheduled to leave Earth on his second mission, becoming the first Italian to take up the role of International Space Station Commander.

24/05/2019

Italy

Watch: Alpine pass linking Italy and France reopens after winter

The road, 2,188 metres above sea level, was cleared of 7 metres of snow using turbine blades.

24/05/2019

Italy

Italians say Salvini 'copied' #Salvini'sfault campaign from ex-mayor

You might recognise the slogan Italy's Deputy PM Matteo Salvini is using for a recent social media campaign #ColpadiSalvini (#Salvini'sfault) — it's been used before by supporters of the former Milan Mayor Giuliano Pisapia.

23/05/2019

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Man clings onto ledge as building burns in Rome

A young man was forced to escape from his room and seek safety on a cornice when a fire ripped through his building in Rome.

23/05/2019

Italy

Watch: Guerrilla artist 'Banksy' sets up stall outside Venice Biennale

"Banksy" sets up oil paintings creating an image of a giant cruise ship in the city's canal with a sign reading "Venice in oil".

23/05/2019

Italy

Man clings to outer shelf as flames rage from his Rome room

A young man was forced to escape from his room and seek safety on a cornice when a fire ripped through his building in Rome on Wednesday.

23/05/2019

World

'We need a different Europe,' says former Italian PM Mario Monti

'We need a different Europe,' says former Italian PM Mario Monti

23/05/2019

Italy

Italian unions refuse to load Saudi ship carrying weapons to Yemen

The ship was previously prevented by protestors from being loaded in a French port.

21/05/2019